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For individuals 10 years of age and older

[Questions 14-23 were asked of persons aged 10 and older.]

20. What does this business, establishment, company or institution, where you work or worked, do?

________ (specify the principal activity of the company)
_ _ _ _

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The objective of this section is to get information about the participation of the population 10 years old or older in economic activities of the country.
The information refers to the week before the Census. This week is defined as the reference week and is understood to be from Sunday to Saturday.
It is recommended that each member of the home respond for themselves. If this is not possible, the head or responsible adult could respond for the youngest, but it is preferable to insist that the adult members, especially if they are working, respond for themselves.

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Principal activity of the person:
The responses obtained in questions 14 to 17 are the basis for classifying the population of 10 years old or older in:

1. Economically Active Population: is understood to be the population 10 years old or older who supplies the available work force for the production of economic goods and services in the country, during the reference week. This population is classified as employed or unemployed.

a) Employed population: covers persons 10 years old or older who during the reference week:
- Have an occupation or job remunerated in money or in kind.
- Have their own business or they work on their own account.
- Work regularly in a business or company of a member of their family even when not drawing a wage or salary ([Contributing] family worker). In this case a [contributing] family worker should have as a minimum 15 hours worked to be considered as such.
- Persons absent from their job temporarily because of sickness or accident, holidays or vacations, strikes, on leave from school or military service, on maternity leave.
- Did not work, but do occasional jobs.

b) Unemployed population: This group is understood to be persons 10 years old or older who during the reference week:
Do not have an occupation or job and are looking for employment.
Looked for work before and waits for news, that is to say, one who has adopted means of looking for remunerated employment or an independent job.

2. Not economically active population: is understood to be retirees or pensioners, students, workers at home or homemakers, rentiers and other conditions.

Questions 19 to 23 should be asked to all persons who marked circle 1 in questions 14, 15, 16 and 17 and circles 2 and 3 of the last question except persons who answered that "they never have worked" (circle 9998) in question 18.

Question No. 20: What does this business, establishment, company or institution, where you work or worked, do?

It is that which the establishment, factory, farm or workshop does where the person works

For a person who works, you should ask, what is done at this business, establishment, company or institution where you work? However if a person does not work, you should ask, what is done at this business, establishment, company or institution where you work or worked?
Write with the best precision the class of activity that was done at the business, establishment or company whose name was written down in question 19. If a person works or worked in any governmental institution, write down Administration and Public Services.

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Examples:

[On this page is a chart with two columns, one marked "Question 19" and the other "Question 20". Question 19 is a list of names of companies and Question 20 is a list of their respective economic activities.]

López optics
Eye examinations and sale of glasses

Department store La Oferta
Sale of clothes for women, men or children

Grocery store 3 Brothers
Sale of retail provisions

Ortega's Blacksmith
Factory of iron and others

General Comptroller of the Republic
Administration and Public Services

Restaurant Asturias
Sale of food and drink (restaurant)

Martín Feuillet School
Primary Education

Pedro Pablo Sánchez Secondary School
Secondary Education

Manual María Tejada Roca Hospital
Medical Services

In a family house
Domestic Duties

In their farm
Growing of rice

Marduro Importing
Importing and exporting of audio and video appliances

Vargas Garage
Repair of automobiles

Commission of the Canal
Transportation though aquatic waterways

In the sea
Fishing for seafood

In the street
Collective transportation (bus)

In the street
Selective transportation (taxi)

Ramos Construction S. A.
Construction of dwellings

In their house
Production of dresses (dress maker)

First Security Agency
Sale of Insurance

Beauty Salon of María Gabriela
Hair care service and beauty treatments

Buendía Factory
Clothes factory

U.S. Army
Defense Services in the Defense of the Canal Area

Discothèque Energy
Entertainment Activities

National Bank of Panama
Banking Services